Both the Senate and the House of Representatives
will deliberate the BBL in their respective plenary sessions and will stipulate
in the proposed law. During the sessions the language used and
constitutionality is often debated.

He said Charges d’ Affaires Adelio Angelito
Cruz, the head of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Rapid Response Team
is still in Tripoli, Libya to make sure that all Filipinos in Libya returned
home.

DFA confirmed last week that a Filipino
construction worker was beheaded in Benghazi, while a Filipina nurse was
released by unidentified gunmen in Tripoli after she was abducted and raped.

Coloma is also urging the relatives of Filipinos
working in Libya to coordinate with DFA here in Manila.

President Benigno Aquino III reported during the
State of the Nation Address that based on the annual poverty indicator of the
National Economic and Development Authority there are now 2.5 million Filipinos
out of poverty.

Moveover, 37.2 percent or the bulk of the P2.6
trillion proposed national budget is dedicated for the social services of the
government, which is for the education and health of the citizens.

Coloma said the Aquino administration has
instituted reforms since 2010, like the early submission of the proposed
National Expenditure Program to ensure that the General Appropriation Act (GAA)
is passed before the year ends.

The Communications Secretary noted the comment
of the civil society advocacy group—Movement for Good Governance—which is
composed of leaders in the academe, when they said: “the programs of the
administration in improving governance are sincerely acknowledged. The
government proved its intent to pursue ‘tuwid na daan’ through the institution
of reforms in budgeting such as zero-based management, the results-based
performance management system, and providing the public with broad access to
information, especially on how the budget has been disbursed.”